Christmas
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100
In what decade did Coca-Cola start using Santa Claus in advertisements?
1920s
100
The best part of Jewish holidays is often the food! To celebrate the "miracle of oil... what is it?"
Hint: it's fried in oil as well.
Latkas
100
What does Kwanzaa mean in Swahili?
The First Fruits
100
What year did the New Year's Eve Ball first drop in Times Square?
1907
100
Which Roman city was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD?
Pompeii
200
What was the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas” originally titled?
A Visit from St. Nicholas
200
According to the English lyrics of 'The Dreidel Song' which children sing at Hanukkah, out of what material is a dreidel made?
Clay
200
What is the name of the traditional Kwanzaa feast?
Karamu
200
What materials made up the first-ever Times Square New Year's Eve Ball?
Iron and Wood
200
What’s the atomic number of carbon, the element of life?
number 6
300
The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
Birth
300
What do the four Hebrew letters on the dreidel (Nun, Gimel, Hei, and Shin) stand for?
"Nes Gadol Hayah Sham"
A great miracle happened there
300
What year was Kwanzaa first celebrated?
1966
300
How much did the first Times Square New Year's Eve Ball weigh?
700 Pounds!
300
Which pretty African country is called the "Land of a Thousand Hills"
Rwanda
400
What Roman holiday held from December 17th to the 23rd had a large influence on how Christmas was celebrated?
Saturnalia
400
What is the meaning of Hanukkah?
Dedication
400
Who created Kwanzaa?
Maulana Karenga
400
When were computer controls introduced to the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball?
1995
400
Who wrote Holden Caulfield, the teenage rebel in "The Catcher in the Rye"?
J.D. Salinger
500
What political cartoonist is largely responsible for defining what the modern Santa Claus looks like?
Thomas Nast
500
What is the candle used on the menorah to light the other candles called?
Shamash
500
Can you name three principles of Kwanzaa?
1. Umoja (Unity)
2. Kujichagulia (Selfdetermination)
3. Ujima (Collective responsibility)
4. Ujamaa (Cooperative economics)
5. Nia (Purpose)
6. Kuumba (Creativity)
7. Imani (Faith)
Each one represents the candles by color.
500
In what year was January 1 officially declared the first day of the new year?
in 46 BC
Julius Caesar, established the Julian calendar which again denoted January 1 as the New Year
500
Who brought The Thinker to life?
Auguste Rodin
